Laidlaw's Harley-Davidson

Why Harley-Davidson Left King of the Baggers │We talk to H-D's Director of Global Race Programs

Laidlaw's Harley-Davidson

Show Notes

Harley-Davidson just dropped a controversial announcement that they will no longer be competing in Moto-America's King of the Baggers race series. Instead they will focus all their racing efforts into their Spec-class Series "FIM Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup" which is a part of MotoGP. There has been a lot of criticism thrown towards Harley-Davidson. This announcement is coming right after their loss to Vance & Hines/Indian Motorcycles in KotBs 2026 season. Matt and Nick of Laidlaw's ...

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